Teens on a stealing spree are nabbing the zippers off of Nike Elite backpacks ... “I made the school replace my bag,” another user responded. “My son got hit up for them today,” one ...

But what if Nike’s most important new release wasn’t a shoe but a backpack — and, more specifically, one designed for adaptive athletes? The brand-new Elite EasyOn makes a compelling argument.

The lesson here? Not to sell items with detachable bits like extra rope that makes it easier to zip up a backpack in a world where the kids have no third place to hang out and engage in more ...

Back-to-school Gen Alpha is already having to watch its back from hallway menaces—literally. Teenagers are unlooping the zipper pulls on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87 ...

The Elite EasyOn backpack boasts several key features that make it usable by every body including a magnetic flap closure and adjustable strap clasps. Nike cited feedback from adaptive athletes ...

Nike’s new Elite EasyOn backpack was designed with innovative features making it accessible for as many athletes as possible, including those with low dexterity or motor skills. Originally ...

The pack’s official name is the Nike Utility Elite Training Backpack—a slightly aggro ... A graduate of Parsons The New School for Design (good school, long name), he also has bylines at ...

With no Nike Elite backpack owner safe ... However, for some, the advice came too late. “Someone at my school took 2 of my water bottles and will only give them back if I give him 15 zippers ...